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Hi all,
Start in the above role a week Monday and very nervous, not 100% sure on the role and what it entails, anyone able to help please? Is it just station based or do I end up on trains occasionally?
Part of the job of a diesel secondman is to be there incase the driver keels over and the DSD is not operational, the 2nd man would bring the train to a stand
Throughpiped through the steam loco to the rear loco, low speed to the other end of the Didcot yard to get to a road access point to put a truck in for it to go on
As a resident of High Wycombe, I have to put up with Arriva buses putting out massive amounts of pollutants daily. Was following a Gemini double-decker the other day and it would send out a smoke screen every time it would accelerate away from a standstill. Really not pleasant
In the land of Bucks/Berks you can do a 5 and a quater hour circular tour of the surrounding area on the same bus by:
Taking a 103 High Wycombe to Slough service
Stay on the bus as it would form a 106/107 service through to Amersham
Then the same bus becomes a 106/107 back to Slough
Finally the...
I know at Thorpe Park atleast staff get free travel on the shuttle buses to and from Staines and Sullivan Travel who run it have early/late services specifically for staff to use